A good 19th century antique ' Memento Mori ' coromandel / calamander wood and bone carved group, including a full skeleton and various skulls surrounding. The coromandel wood base carved as boulders, with the central skeleton lying sprawled across. Measures approx; 12cm diameter.A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you must die') is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.[2] The expression 'memento mori' developed with the growth of Christianity, which emphasised Heaven, Hell, and salvation of the soul in the afterlife.
A good 19th century antique ' Memento Mori ' coromandel / calamander wood and bone carved group, including a full skeleton and various skulls surrounding. The coromandel wood base carved as boulders, with the central skeleton lying sprawled across. Measures approx; 12cm diameter.A memento mori (Latin 'remember that you must die') is an artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death.[2] The expression 'memento mori' developed with the growth of Christianity, which emphasised Heaven, Hell, and salvation of the soul in the afterlife.
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